You are listening to a Clarksville magazine podcast with your host and narrator Kate Baker.

Greetings Clark's World Citizens. We made it to October 1st, 2024, issue 217.

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Our first story is titled A Space Opera.

And is by Abby Nicole Yee.

Abby Nicole He is an autistic and schizotypal creative writing student at University of the Philippines

dilemma.

Her short fiction has appeared in the Philippines graphic.

When not writing, she is likely napping, composing music, or fuming intellectually at Big Pharma.

So, my dear listener, I hope we can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

Dear Elie Vera, Elba,

Congratulations on your wedding.

I wasn't there, but I wish I could have seen the grandeur myself.

I saw pictures of your gown changes, the astronomical cakes, and all those people.

My God!

500 guests treated to a launch of animatronic white doves in low-Earth orbit arranged by an unknown foreign space agency?

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